César Nicolás Penson (23 January 1855 – 29 October 1901) was an author, poet, and lawyer from the Dominican Republic.
The son of Juana Tejera and William Nicholas Penson (an Englishman), he attended an elementary school where he learned to read and write. Later, he attended the Colegio San Luis Gonzaga in his hometown, where he perfected his studies in languages, music and mathematics from an early age standing out in literature.